#German Work Permit Visa

[credasmigrations]

Simplifying Germany's Work Visa Process for Skilled Trades

Look into Germany's Federal Skilled Trades Program – it can open doors to an exciting job overseas. Find out who can apply, the application process, and all the great perks this program gives skilled workers.

[gazette-immigration]

Want to work in Germany for a bright future ahead? Get the details of seeking a Germany work visa online.

[movetogermanywithease]

Beyond Borders: Expat-Friendly Careers in Germany

Are you dreaming of embarking on an exciting new adventure abroad? Look no further than our comprehensive guide to finding the perfect job as an expat in Germany! With our expertly crafted list of Germany work visa requirements, we're here to help you navigate the often complex process of starting a new career in this vibrant European hub. Book a one-on-one call with us today!

[datastuffs]

The Top 10 Countries with the Best Immigration Policies and Benefits

Check out the Top 10 countries which are open for immigration with a bunch lot of opportunities. Don't miss out.

Immigration is a hot topic around the world, and for good reason. Many people are looking for a better life, and that often means leaving their home country and starting a new in a foreign land. However, not all countries are created equal when it comes to immigration policies and benefits. Some countries have strict requirements and limited benefits, while others are much more welcoming and…

[germany-tourism]

Application Process for National Visa Type D For Long Stay In Germany

You must apply for a National Type D Germany Visit Visa if you are not a citizen of Europe and you need to visit the German Republic for any reason. Any foreign nationals who intend to stay in this country for longer than three months should keep in mind to get a long-stay visa.

Whether you want to come to this nation for business, pleasure, or medical treatment, the immigration authorities will need to give you their permission first. Depending on the Type D Germany Visit Visa, you may also be granted a residence permit after you enter the country. You can also experience short stays in other Schengen nations with this form of visa, with no additional requirements.

What Are The Documents Required For A Long-Stay Visa?

There are a few documents you will need to fill out and submit if you wish to apply for a Germany Visa Type D Work Permit. Let us now take a detailed look at them for a better understanding:

The National Visa Application Form

The first things you will need are two German National Visa application forms depending on your home country. You should fill out the form with precision and provide updated information to ensure the allowance. In addition to these, you should also state the reason for your visit thoroughly so that it is efficient for the authorities to understand. You can also fill out the form in capital letters so that there is no confusion while reading.

Evidence Of Adequate Financial Resources

If you wish to get a Germany-type D visa, you will have to show evidence of appropriate financial resources during your stay in the nation. You will have to prove that you have 853€ per month to the European Commission to get permission to stay.

Comprehensive Plan For Your Trip

You will have to provide the immigration authorities with a thorough itinerary of your visit to make it convenient for them to understand your trip's purpose. You will have to give them details regarding your travel tickets, hotel reservations, etc. This aspect will allow them to figure out your schedule accordingly and provide you with a visa.

Lodging Information

Accommodation details are another piece of document that you will need to submit while applying for a National Visa Type D Germany. If you wish to stay in a hotel, you will have to provide thorough information about your resort appropriately. However, if you plan on residing with your relatives, you will need to provide their identification proofs along with evidence that they can support you during your visit.

Confirmation Letter

If you are applying for a long-stay visa for work-related purposes, you will need to submit a confirmation from your employer to the immigration authorities. However, if you wish to stay in the nation for educational requirements, it is best to provide an enrollment confirmation from the college or university you will be attending.

Evidence Of Legal Citizenship

You will also need to submit evidence of legal citizenship to the immigration authorities while trying to acquire a Germany Type D Visa. Children's birth certificates, marriage certificates, ration cards, spouse's death records, health insurance, etc., are some of the paperwork you can use as proof effortlessly and effectively.

How Should You Apply For A Long-Stay Visa?

If you want to successfully apply for a long-stay visa in Germany, there is a process you will have to follow. The first thing you must pay attention to is getting your hands on the application form with the help of the web and then filling it out appropriately.

Once you have filled it out, you should remember to make an appointment with the embassy since these authorities only accept visa documents through a meeting.

After the appointment is booked, visit the embassy on the date you are given and remember to be on time. The submission process may take around 10 minutes since your documents will be verified by an official, so try to arrange your proofs and applications beforehand.

Once the verification is over, your information will be uploaded into the German online system accordingly. Pay the German visa fee that the authorities will mention if you want to get the receipt for your processed application.

The last step of the Type D Visa Germany application form will be the collection of biometric data, which takes around 7-8 minutes. You must also remember that the processing may take a few weeks to complete.

If you follow the above guidelines accordingly, you will be able to get a long-stay visa without any further delay. Although the processing may take a few weeks or months, you should rest easy knowing that the authorities will reach out to you without any doubt.

[agaypsychicrat]

You can save Russian queers from genocide

A week ago the Russian Supreme Court made a ruling declaring LGBT community an extremist organization. The precise contents of the ruling, as well as the process, were made secret, so there’s no official information on what is being banned, but if we take into account previous cases of Russia using this tactic (Like with Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation), any kind of support, from saying things on the internet to financial support, or dissemination of information about LGBT is banned. It also basically criminalizes queer people’s existence. The sentences are up to 12 years in prison - harsher than for murder.

This has already led to majority of Russian LGBT organizations dissolving and evacuating or going into crisis mode and cutting offline support. A number of previously friendly endocrinologists have stopped working with trans people for self-preservation, even if they already changed the documents - a situation especially dangerous for trans masculine people, as while trans women can get HRT without a prescription or from gray market, testosterone is a heavily regulated substance. The entire support system is headed for collapse, it’s hard to predict what will happen when prosecutions begin. It’s important to notice that conversion therapy is legal in Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has a database of transpeople who have changed their documents.

In light of this, a German queer organization Quarteera has launched a petition which will have to be considered by German government if it reaches 50 k signatures, regarding easing the asylum process for Russian LGBT people, particularly issuing humanitarian visas and residence permits not just for activists. While everything is in German, anyone from around the world can sign the petition, not only German citizens. The petition is here - http://quarteera.de/petition

Here’s the instruction in English: https://imgur.com/a/Fgi9yIh

Update the petition expired a few days ago so im not sure if you can still vote

I copied the post from r/196 https://www.reddit.com/r/196/s/qcersiwxh1

[rochenn]

asking for a friend but do you have any advice for moving from the us to germany? particularly if this friend was transmasc?

I'm sorry it had to come to this, man.

Generally, I recommend your friend keep in mind r/germany, r/LegaladviceGerman, r/germantrans and similar subreddits for help. Here's a new post specifically for USAmericans who want to move here.

You'll need a residence permit, and for that, a work or student visa seems to be the best way to go. The state is salivating for immigrant workers. Despite that, the authorities and bureaucracy WILL be a pain to deal with, so try to have a job or university in the pipeline. It'll make things easier. The post linked above is a good informational baseline.

Also, I recommend moving to areas with a lighter shade of blue on this voter map:

Because I'm afraid that the fascist resurgence is global. Try for cities with more than 100-150k inhabitants and queer/immigrant clubs. As a transmasc person as well, I feel quite safe even though I live in a very dark blue area and have to interact frequently with AfD voters. I'm also very white and don't look "too queer", though.

If you move to Berlin, you'd be able to get around without German. Everywhere else, you will be crippled without at least some knowledge of the language. You'll have to learn it eventually, either way, so try to get a headstart!

For the transmasc part specifically: depending on what stage of transition you're at, also start with queer or trans clubs. They'll tell you about trustworthy therapists and doctors.

(If anyone has anything to add on, please do! Even if it's just another useful reddit link etc)

Good luck, and hang in there! :)

[girlactionfigure]

By Doc Barnes

“Nathan Lewin’s mother kept up with the news. Unlike other Jews in Poland, she had been born in the Netherlands, and even attended the University of Berlin, before marrying a Polish Jew — Lewin’s dad — and immigrating. Because of this experience, she was perhaps more aware than others around her of the threat of Adolf Hitler.

“’She made my father promise that when and if Hitler crossed the border into Poland, we would immediately try to escape and leave Poland,” Lewin, now 84, said Monday at a virtual reception via Zoom.

“When Hitler invaded in September 1939, they did just that. Lewin, then 3 years old, was “carried in the night through the forest” to Lithuania with his parents, maternal grandmother and an uncle. But Lewin’s mother knew they still weren’t safe. A Dutch diplomat told the family they would be allowed into Curaçao without visas, but they still needed a transit visa from another country to get there.”

This is how Gillian Brockell, writing in the January 27, 2021 edition of the Washington Post, started her article. She was writing about just these few people, but the family of Nathan Lewin is part of a far larger story. There were tens of thousands of Jews stranded in the path of the Nazi war machine as it marched eastward, and all of them were seeking any form of aid available. Too many would fail in those efforts, and most of those would die in the Nazi work camps.

This was at a time following the July 1938 Évian Conference, held at Évian-les-Bains, France, when Jews across Europe were growing frantic. The conference had come at the urging of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had hoped to obtain commitments from other nations to increase the number of threatened Jewish refugees they would accept. Roosevelt was keen to aid these refugees considering his own nation’s immigration laws limiting the quota of refugees admitted into the United States.

Representatives from 32 countries attended, along with 24 humanitarian organizations present as observers who were not permitted to speak. Golda Meir was present, but she was not permitted to speak either, or submit anything in writing. The Soviet Union refused to take part in the conference and instead held direct talks with the Nazis. The conference was doomed from the start. With Roosevelt unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to yield, other nations also balked. Only the Dominican Republic agreed to accept any significant number of these refugees. It was a double blow. Hitler used the failure as a propaganda tool.

The Lewin’s were among the first to find the path to safety, thanks to the caring heart of one man. It can never be known with certainty the full scope of this man’s humanity. The number of travel visas he rubberstamped is unknown and estimates vary greatly. The lowest estimates put that number around 2,700 and some sources claim it was as high as 6,000 — all saved by this one man who acted when others would not, and in violation of direct orders.

He was not the only person intervening in Hitler’s diabolical plans to exterminate an entire race of people. Oskar Schindler, the German factory owner glorified by Steven Spielberg in his award-winning movie is another. He is know to have saved 1,200 Jews. Then there was a Chinese diplomat, Ho Feng-Shan, who, issued transit visas for Shanghai to all requesting them, even to those wishing to travel elsewhere but needing a visa to leave Nazi Germany. The number of these visas is estimated to be “in the thousands,” according to a CNN segment by Wayne Chang, broadcast July 24, 2015.

There were many thousands of others who put their lives at risk for far fewer people. Saving even one life made a difference, and all of these deserve to be known and celebrated for their humanitarian efforts, always in the face of consequence ̶ but outside the very few recognized by history, we will never know their names.

This story is about one — a Japanese man. His job was that of vice-consul of the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania. At least overtly that was his job. His actual duty was to spy on the Soviets and the Germans and report on troop movements. He was to be the eyes and ears for his home country. Even though the two nations were allies, the Japanese didn’t trust Hitler.

To maintain his cover, he performed functionary tasks at the embassy. One of those functions was to issue visas permitting travel through Japan. There was a strict set of protocols for issuing these visas, yet in the summer of 1940, when refugees came to him with forged visas for Curaçao and other Dutch possessions in the Americas, he decided to facilitate their escape to safety. He granted 10-day transit visas to refugees who held Curaçao destination visas.

As the days passed and the desperation heightened, he began writing the visas for those with no known destination. Before closing his consulate in the fall of 1940, he began issuing visas to refugees who lacked travel papers of any kind. He reportedly spent 20 hours a day that month writing as many visas as he could and was still writing them on the train platform when he was evacuated.

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, he had officially issued some 1,800 visas before receiving a cable from Tokyo: "You must make sure that they [refugees] have finished their procedure for their entry visas and they must possess the travel money or the money that they need during their stay in Japan. Otherwise, you should not give them the transit visa."

He responded to the cable admitting that he had issued visas to people who had not completed all the requirements. He justified this by explaining that Japan was the only transit country available for those going in the direction of the United States, and his visas were needed for departure from the Soviet Union. Sugihara suggested that travelers who arrived in the Soviet port of Vladivostok with incomplete paperwork should not be allowed to board ships for Japan. Tokyo was insistent and wrote back that the Soviet Union insisted that Japan honor all visas already issued by its consulates. Failure to follow orders would be in violation of diplomatic agreements.

Yet he could not turn his back on the desperation that stood before him, so he ignored his orders and by the time he left Lithuania he had issued several thousand visas and additional travel papers for children travelling with families. It all came to an end when the Soviet Union stopped granting exit visas. He left Lithuania in early September 1940.

His name was Chiune Sugihara. He was a New Year’s and a millennial baby, born on the first day of January 1, 1900. He was the first Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania — and he would eventually be dubbed, “The Japanese Schindler.”

Born to a middle-class family in Japan's Gifu Prefecture on the main Japanese Island of Honshu, Sugihara is sometimes also referred to as "Sempo." Sugihara graduated from an exclusive school. The Harbin Gakuin academy was Japan's training center for Soviet experts. His first posting was as the director of the foreign ministry in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.

He became fluent in Russian, learning the language from Russian immigrants while he was in Harbin, Manchuria. It was there where he received his first orders to act as a spy. He was to provide Japan with intelligence on Soviet and German troop movements in the Baltic region.

Sugihara exchanged information with members of the Polish underground in Lithuania and in 1940 aided in their escape by issuing them visas for transit through Japan. The situation in Lithuania became dire after Soviet forces occupied the state in June 1940. This became apparent following a wave of arrests by secret police. Western Europe was engulfed in war, making the safest escape for Lithuanian refugees the eastern route through the Soviet Union to Japan.

According to Gillian Brockell, when Lewin’s family went to the Japanese Consulate in late July 1940, “Mr. Sugihara did not hesitate.” In fact, Sugihara did ask his superiors in Japan what he should do. When they told him not to give travel documents to the Jews, he decided to help them anyway. With a Japanese transit visa, the Soviets would allow the refugees to take a train across Siberia to Japan.

“He didn’t care if they were citizens of the Netherlands or Poland or Germany or Lithuania. He knew they were human beings who had to be rescued and whose lives were at stake,” Lewin said. All three of Lewin’s other grandparents were killed in the Holocaust.

It is hard to know exactly how many Sugihara saved — not everyone who got a visa from him was able to use it, and others used the visa for multiple family members — but some estimate it could be as many as 6,000. That included the students of the Mir Yeshiva, who, with Sugihara’s help, survived the war in a ghetto for stateless people in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, while every other religious school in Eastern Europe was decimated.

One survivor, Lucille Szepsenwol Camhi, told the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about her visit to Sugihara. “He asked us where our parents were. We told him. My father was not living. My mother has no papers. And he looked very sympathetic at us and he just stamped, gave us the visa right there on the spot.” She and her sister began to cry and thank him profusely, “And he just raised his hand, like saying, ‘It’s okay.’ And that’s it,” she said. They took the Trans-Siberian Express train to Japan, and freedom.

Sugihara left Lithuania in early September 1940. The Japanese transferred him first to Prague and then to Bucharest. Romania was a German ally, so sending him there meant he would be imprisoned. When the Soviet army marched through the Balkans in 1944, Sugihara together with other diplomats from enemy nations were arrested. Soviet authorities held him and his family, under house arrest, for the next three years.

Sugihara was held as a prisoner of war for more than a year after World War II ended. When they were freed and returned to Japan in 1947, his superiors forced him out of his job because of his actions seven years earlier. “You know what you did. Now you need to leave the ministry,” he was told, according to his son Nobuki Sugihara in the Times of Israel in 2019.

Donald Gartman, director of the United Jewish Federation of Utah, says, “When he returned to Japan, he was in disgrace. Not able to find dignified work, he worked at odd jobs to support his family. Sugihara never spoke about his dismissal because it was too painful for him. He also never spoke about his deeds. Sugihara obeyed his conscience about what he thought was the right thing to do and not the directives of his country. Even as he was on the train that was pulling away from Lithuania on his way to prison, he was still signing papers as fast as he could and throwing them out of the window.”

According to Brockell, “For a long time, Sugihara lived an anonymous life and had no idea how many people he had helped. But in 1968, he was contacted by a visa recipient who had tracked him down. A visit to Israel followed, and shortly before his death in 1986, Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, honored him with the Righteous Among the Nations title, which is given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.”

When asked later why he did it, Sugihara said, “It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But I myself thought this would be the right thing to do,” according to Hillel Levine in his book about Sugihara.

Today, many of the descendants of those with Sugihara visas with numbers between 40,000 and 100,000 can thank Sugihara for their lives. Some of the families of those survivors still have that scrap of paper with Chiune Sugihara's signature still visible.

“After the Lewins escape through Japan, the family resettled in New York City. Nathan Lewin went to Harvard Law School and eventually became deputy assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division,” said Brockell. “On Monday, he joined B’nai Brith International and the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement to honor Sugihara ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. He recalled the teachings of his rabbis that one ‘should not do a good deed with the expectation that you will be rewarded, but for the good deed itself.’”

“That,” he said, “is what Chiune Sugihara did.”

The Jon S. Randal Peace Page

[mariacallous]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday aimed at advancing the restitution of Nazi-looted art, as well as personal property stolen during the Holocaust and other eras of political persecution.

The legislation is a response to a court ruling that allowed a work by Camille Pissarro to remain in a Spanish museum instead of returning to the heirs of its original owners. The 1897 painting, called “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain,” belonged to Fritz and Lilly Cassirer, a Jewish couple who sold it under duress to escape the Nazis.

The painting by Pissarro, a French Jewish impressionist, now hangs in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. The museum has claimed ownership of the work under a “finders keepers” law of property ownership that is unique to Spain.

In January, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was instructed to decide the case according to California state law. But it ruled that, even according to California, Spain’s legal system took precedence. “Rue Saint-Honoré,” according to that decision, belonged to the museum.

The new California law, signed at Los Angeles’ Holocaust Museum, clarifies that California law should take precedence in local Holocaust art restitution cases. It allows Californians “to bring an action for damages or to recover artwork or personal property, as defined, that was stolen or otherwise lost as the result of political persecution.”

According to the law, “California substantive law shall apply in actions to recover fine art,” and that “the true owner cannot be divested of ownership without actual discovery of their rights in, and the location and possessor of, the artwork.”

The legislation could send the decades-long ownership dispute over the Pisarro painting back to the courts — and award the painting to the Cassirers’ descendants.

“As a Holocaust survivor, the proudest day of my father’s life was in 1947, when he became a U.S. citizen,” David Cassirer, grandson of Fritz and Lilly Cassirer, told the LA Times. “He would be so happy, and grateful, that the people of the state of California have taken action to ensure the return of looted art to its rightful owners.”

Spain is one of the original 44 international signatories of the Washington Principles, a 1998 framework for restituting artwork stolen during the Holocaust. In 2018, Stuart Eizenstadt, the Secretary of State’s special advisor on Holocaust issues, named Spain as one of five countries that fell short on its commitment to the Washington Principles.

Authorities in New York City and around the world have made renewed efforts in recent years to restitute art that was sold under duress due to Nazi persecution. Earlier this year, 21 countries agreed to new standards in art restitution at a conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles.

“Restitution is important, not just to get people their property back, but because it is a way to examine the true realities of the Holocaust and keep those facts in the public consciousness,” Sam Dubbin, an attorney representing the Cassirer family, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “It’s stolen property. It’s the Holocaust, which makes it 1,000 times worse, but it’s still fundamentally stolen property. And no one should be able to keep stolen property.”

The oil painting was bought directly from Camille Pissarro by German Jewish industrialist and art collector Julius Cassirer, who passed it down to his son Fritz and his wife Lilly. Lilly was forced to sell the painting under duress in 1939 for about $360 at the time in order to obtain an exit visa for England. The money was then deposited into a bank account that she was not permitted to access.

The painting made its way around the world over the next several decades, eventually landing in the collection of Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, a Swiss art collector and the heir to a German steel fortune. Thyssen-Bornemisza sold his collection to the Kingdom of Spain in 1993, which established a foundation and museum in Spain in his name.

The Museo Thyssen did not respond to a request for comment.

After he learned of the location of the Pissarro painting, the couple’s sole heir, Claude Cassirer, sued for its return in 2005. He died five years later, and now his son David, his daughter Ava’s estate and the Jewish Federation of San Diego County are handling the case.

“For survivors of the Holocaust and their families, the fight to take back ownership of art and other personal items stolen by the Nazis continues to traumatize those who have already gone through the unimaginable,” Newsom said Monday. “It is both a moral and legal imperative that these valuable and sentimental pieces be returned to their rightful owners, and I am proud to strengthen California’s laws to help secure justice for families.”

[credasmigrations]

Credas Migrations has one of the most experienced Germany immigration consultants in Abu Dhabi. Choose us and get the best support from the top Germany visa consultants.

[morgenlich]

can i ask what resources you used for info on moving to europe? its something im considering and i have been doing research myself, but a lot of good advice was on reddit and im not really sure if reddit is still usable.

well, first i'll say that most of reddit is still usable to me so don't lose hope on that front!

there's not a lot of advice i can give in general, only wrt moving to germany because that's where i'm going specifically so i've been doing So Much reading the past few months from official govt sites more than anything else--tho regardless of what country you want to move to, govt sites with info on immigration are a good starting point.

tldr, more details under the cut:

-you're gonna need housing and health insurance

-you're gonna need to look into visas/residency permits (visas are for entry into the country, if you're from the US or Canada you probably won't need one) and their specific requirements

-ur nearest consulate is going to be a good source of info and point of contact

the first things, imo, that you need to know are:

1 do you need a visa to get in (if so, what kind, what are the requirements, etc)

2 steps for establishing a residency permit once you're there

and getting all your ducks in a row on those fronts (often the visa and residency permit will have the same requirements as each other from what i've noticed, though as a US citizen i haven't paid much attention because i don't require a visa to enter the vast majority of european countries). this is all info that will be available on official websites, including consulate/embassy sites. it may be helpful to start out looking for info on the site of the relevant consulate website, they will often include links to further resources, or just shoot them an email with questions you have if you can't find answers there.

but important questions for these:

-is there a language requirement? for example, in germany, to be able to work you need to be at a B1 level of german on the CEFR scale. C1 is required for university admissions. etc.

--is there a possibility of a language learner's visa/permit if you're not at that level? what are the requirements for that? (again with germany as an example: you will not be allowed to have a job while you have this residency permit and therefore must prove to the govt that you can financially support yourself for a year through a locked bank account with a minimum of around 11k euro in it).

-what additional documentation is required, besides just your passport? how do you acquire it?

--you will probably have to get passport photos taken again after you've moved because (i'm assuming anon is from the US but i'm sure this applies to other countries too) required biometric photo sizes vary by country and you will almost certainly need one for any residency permit or other documentation.

the other important thing will be securing housing, which gets to be a massive fucking pain when you live on the other side of the ocean. doomspiral and i lucked out massively finding a prefurnished place in berlin (which is an especially hard city to find housing in in general). you are just going to have to keep trying to contact places until someone actually responds to you, unfortunately. and, realistically, you're going to have to trust that the listing is actually accurate to what you saw on the website.

also, i know that in both germany and austria, once you've actually moved, you will have to register your address with the local government (like within a matter of days, this is not something you can put off literally at all), so look into if you need to do that and what forms are required if you do (i forget the reqs in austria, but in germany it's your passport and a specific form you and the landlord fill out)

european countries are going to require that you have health insurance. there are companies that cater specifically to immigrants and/or students (if you happen to be doing uni there--look into the student insurance it'll be much cheaper lol). try to familiarize yourself with the way the insurance system works; for example, in germany it's not unheard of for you to have a deductible (this is still going to be Much Cheaper than a deductible from an american company lmao). also in general it doesn't hurt to be aware of things like abortion and birth control access (fun fact! abortion is totally illegal in germany and has been since the 1930s and yes you are doing that math correctly about who put those laws in place).

i highly highly recommend putting together checklists of documents you need for each major thing mentioned here. also learn how to use excel to create budgets because it's a lifesaver lol

[mithliya]

can i ask how did you get to move to europe? my girlfriend is from asia and wants to move to europe where i live but i have no idea of how it works. like where does she need to go, how long does it take, do we need to be married etc. it just seems like a lot of work... i know it's different from country to country but i was just wondering i guess

i can tell u my own experience! so it absolutely does depend on the country, some countries in europe are much more difficult to immigrate to than others. i came to germany with a "study preparation" visa, meaning i had to get a conditional acceptance at a german uni under the condition that i either complete some sort of training or language course. in my case, it was for learning german. this gave me 2 whole years to learn the language but i completed learning german within 1 year and got the language certificate. the second year i used to do some internships and apply for universities. after that, i had to accept a uni & pay the fees (in german public unis its maximum like 300 euros per semester, so its affordable compared to unis elsewhere) & bc of the type of visa i had, i extended my residence permit for my studies and after i finish that im hopefully going to do the psychotherapy training whichll be another 3 years meaning id have to extend my residence permit again. in germany peope who studied at a german uni require less time to get citizenship also (given that you already speak german at at least a .. i think B2 level?), so its pretty open to certain forms of immigration legally speaking. theres also a job-seeking visa for ppl in specific situations here i think but im not too familiar with that

on the other hand, some countries are extremely difficult to immigrate to but the easiest/quickest route is probably also to study there anyways which isnt an option for everyone. like switzerland for example is to my knowledge extremely difficult for anyone to actually immigrate to, but im sure there's certain cases where its more possible. so it really depends honestly.

in terms of how long it takes: in germany on avg i think ur supposed to wait like 3-4 months to get a long-term visa to stay in germany legally? but in my case they were probs being racist lol so it ended up taking longer and i had to ask a lawyer to help bc they were discriminating against me.

where do you need to go: im not sure if ur asking for country suggestions, but it depends. if she wants to study somewhere then honestly id recommend germany bc of the affordable education but it totally depends on what shes looking for her and her own criteria.

[canadianabroadvery]

World History :

In 1938, Hitler accompanied German troops to annex Austria for the “Third Reich".

Most of the Austrians who considered themselves as from German ethnicity welcomed the Nazis.

Following the unification of Austria and Germany there was an outburst of public violence against Austrian Jews. Pro-Nazi supporters would beat up, attack and force religious Jews to perform humiliating exercises. Amid discrimination and violence half of the Austrian Jews population started leaving the country. Many of them started seeking refugees in neighboring countries including Switzerland.

But Swiss government made a clear-cut decision.

They didn't want these refugees.

At the Swiss-Austrian border they assigned Swiss Border Police. An official dispatch in Sept 1938, commanded Swiss police to turn back refugees.

At that time Paul Grüninger was the commander of border police at the Canton of St. Gallen that borders with ermany and Austria.

Initially he resisted Jews people who were trying to illegally enter his country. But as the number grew from ten to hundreds and then to thousands he only saw pain, angst and horror in their eyes.

He stopped following the instructions. He decided to do what he simply believed to be the right thing to do.

He falsified the refugee's visas, allowing entry of them in Switzerland.

The manipulations of dates enabled the newly arrived Jewish refugees to be treated as legals, and they had to be taken to Diepoldsau camp. There, aided by the Jewish organizations the refugees awaited their permits for temporary stay in Switzerland or the departure to a final destination.

Not only did Paul help in the entry but he took personal interest for their well-being. Grüninger and his family paid their own money to buy winter clothes and shoes for children and they paid for a young girl's visit to a dentist.

Survivors who knew Grüninger, said that he was like " a father and a friend, a man in whose company you didn't have to tremble."

But the job was becoming risky because he was by then under investigation. Grüninger didn't care. He continued his work.

" I'd rather break the rules than send these poor, miserable people back to Germany", he later said.

For months, Grüninger worked tirelessly and managed to save more than 3600 Jews until April 3, 1939. That day when he went to work, authorities dismissed him without prior notice and pension. He realized that he has been found out.

In March 1941, the court found him guilty of fraud and branded him as a criminal. Later this became an obstacle to finding a permanent job. In those years of difficulty his wife and daughter stood with him.

Ruth Roduner, who was studying in Lausanne had to stop her studies to help her father. Getting a job was not easy for her either because she was a ' criminal's daughter '.

After all those years of difficulty when Grüninger was asked what he would do if he were in the same condition again, he replied "with the same situation again, I wouldn't have acted any differently".

Because for him it was a matter of saving people whose lives were under threat. He said, "in such circumstances, how could I have concerned myself with mere bureaucracy and numbers?"

He died in poverty in 1972, nearly forgotten in Switzerland.

After 23 years of his death, in 1995, his case trial was reopened and Grüninger was exonerated. And in 1998, his heirs received 1.3 million francs 'in reputation for moral damages'.

[datastuffs]

The Top 10 Countries with the Best Immigration Policies and Benefits

Check out the Top 10 countries which are open for immigration with a bunch lot of opportunities. Don't miss out.

Immigration is a hot topic around the world, and for good reason. Many people are looking for a better life, and that often means leaving their home country and starting a new in a foreign land. However, not all countries are created equal when it comes to immigration policies and benefits. Some countries have strict requirements and limited benefits, while others are much more welcoming and…

[globalgatewaysblog]

Jobs in Germany: Your Gateway to a Europe Career

Discover Exciting Jobs in Germany.

Germany the powerhouse of Europe and the world’s fourth-largest economy, is a gateway of Job opportunities for professionals in diverse fields. With its various job markets, strong economy, and high standard of living, Germany has become the right destination for career growth. Germany has plenty of Job opportunities in IT specialist, engineer, healthcare worker, finance, logistics or academic, opportunities in Germany many other fields career opportunities in germany

Interest: Why Choose Germany for Your Career?

A Strong Economy and Less Unemployment

Germany’s economy is known for its resilience, even in challenging global conditions. The unemployment rate remains one of the lowest in Europe, consistently below 5%. This stability ensures job security and abundant opportunities for skilled workers.

High Demand for Skilled Workers

With technological advancements and a focus on innovation, Germany faces a significant shortage of skilled workers. Industries like IT, engineering, healthcare, and manufacturing are particularly in need of qualified professionals.

Competitive salaries and other benefits

Germany offers some of the most competitive wages in Europe. Additionally, employees enjoy outstanding benefits, including healthcare, paid vacations, parental leave, retirement plans, etc. It’s an opportunity for Indian employees to earn in Euros and get quick transformation.

Work-Life Balance

Known for its emphasis on work-life balance, Germany ensures employees enjoy a high quality of life. With generous vacation policies, limited work hours, and a culture that values personal time, professionals can thrive both professionally and personally.

Cultural and Professional Growth

Working in Germany provides you with a diverse culture and a professional environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and learning. It’s an opportunity to grow not just as a professional but as a global citizen.

Top Industries and In-Demand Job Opportunities in Germany

Information Technology (IT)

Germany’s tech industry is booming. With the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity, there is a significant demand for software developers, data analysts, and IT specialists.

In-demand roles:

Software Engineers

Data Scientists

Cybersecurity Experts

Engineering

Known as the land of engineers, Germany is home to world-renowned companies in automotive, aerospace, and mechanical engineering. Skilled engineers are highly valued.

In-demand roles:

Mechanical Engineers

Automotive Engineers

Electrical Engineers

Healthcare

Germany’s aging population has led to a growing demand for healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, doctors, and caregivers.

In-demand roles:

Registered Nurses

Medical Specialists

Caregivers

Research and Academia

Germany is a leader in research and development, offering a wealth of career opportunities for academics and researchers across disciplines.

In-demand roles:

Research Scientists

Professors

PhD Candidates

Skilled Trades and Manufacturing

The manufacturing sector remains the backbone of Germany’s economy, requiring skilled tradespeople and technicians.

In-demand roles:

CNC Operators

Welders

Electricians

Plenty of Jobs are in demand in the field of finance,  logistics and management.

Guidelines for Starting Your Career in Germany.

Research and Identify Your Target Job

Understand the job market and focus on roles that match your skills and experience. Platforms like Job boards and LinkedIn Germany can help you identify openings.

Prepare Your Application Documents

Ensure your resume and cover letter adhere to German standards. Highlight your skills and experience, and don’t forget to include your language proficiency.

Learn the Language

While many multinational companies operate in English, knowing German can significantly improve your job prospects and help you integrate into society.

Understand Visa and Work Permit Requirements

Germany offers various visa options, including the Job Search opportunity card visa, EU Blue Card, and Work Visa. Each has specific eligibility criteria and benefits.

Job Search opportunity card visa: Allows you to stay in Germany for twelve months to search for a job. 

EU Blue Card: Designed for highly skilled workers with a recognized degree and a job offer in Germany.

Seek Professional Assistance

Navigating the job market and visa process can be challenging. That’s where Global Gateways comes in. With 27+ years of experience in immigration and visa services, we provide end-to-end support to make your transition seamless.

SHORTAGE OCCUPATION LIST (AS PER GERMAN GOVERNMENT)

The list of bottleneck professions in Germany is provided 

 Group 132

Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers

1321 Manufacturing managers

1322 Mining managers

1323 Construction managers

1324 Supply, distribution and related managers

Group 133

Information and communications technology service managers

1330 Information and communications technology service managers

Group 134

Professional services managers

1341 Childcare services managers

1342 Health services managers

1343 Aged care services managers

1344 Social welfare managers

1345 Education managers

1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers

1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified

Group 21

Science and engineering professionals

Physical and earth science professionals

2111 Physicists and astronomers

2112 Meteorologists

2113 Chemists

2114 Geologists und geophysicists

Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

Life science professionals

2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals

2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers

2133 Environmental protection professionals

214.Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)

2141 Industrial and production engineers

2142 Civil engineers

2143 Environmental engineers

2144 Mechanical engineers

2145 Chemical engineers

2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals

2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified

Electrotechnology engineers

2151 Electrical engineers

2152 Electronics engineers

2153 Telecommunications engineers

Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

2161 Building architects

2162 Landscape architects

2163 Product and garment designers

2164 Town and traffic planners

2165 Cartographers and surveyors

2166 Graphic and multimedia designers

Group 221

Medical doctors

2211 Generalist medical practitioners

2212 Specialist medical practitioners

Group 222

Nursing and midwifery professionals

2221 Nursing professionals

2222 Midwifery professionals

Group 225

Veterinarians

2250 Veterinarians

Group 226

Other health professionals

2261 Dentists

2262 Pharmacists

2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals

2264 Physiotherapists

2265 Dieticians and nutritionists

2266 Audiologists and speech therapists

2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians

2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified

Group 23

Teaching professionals

University and higher education teachers

2310 University and higher education teachers

Vocational education teachers

2320 Vocational education teachers

Secondary education teachers

2330 Secondary education teachers

Primary school and early childhood teachers

2341 Primary school teachers

2342 Early childhood educators

Other teaching professionals

2351 Education methods specialists 

2352 Special needs teachers

2353 Other language teachers

2354 Other music teachers

2355 Other arts teachers

2356 Information technology trainers

2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified

Group 25

Information and communications technology professionals

Software and applications developers and analysts

2511 Systems analysts

2512 Software developers

2513 Web and multimedia developers

2514 Applications programmers

2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

Database and network professionals

2521 Database designers and administrators

2522 Systems administrators

2523 Computer network professionals

2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified

Why Choose Global Gateways?

At Global Gateways, is committed to helping you achieve your career aspirations. 

Here’s how we can assist:

Personalized Guidance: We provide our services to your professional background and career goals.

Visa Assistance: From documentation to submission, we handle the complexities of the visa process for you.

Job Market Insights: Our experts provide insights into the German job market and help you identify the best opportunities.

Resume and Cover Letter Preparation: We ensure your application stands out by aligning it with German standards.

Start Your Journey Today

Germany’s thriving job market awaits skilled workers like you. With its high standard of living, competitive salaries, and cultural richness, Germany offers a life-changing career opportunity. Don’t let the complexities of the process hold you back.

Contact Global Gateways today to start your journey to Germany. With our expertise, you’re one step closer to achieving your dream career in one of the world’s most dynamic countries.

Call us today at +91 8553020304 or visit 

https://globalgateways.co.in/germany-opportunity-card-for-job/to

learn more.